Iran's regular army (Artesh) claimed it attacked and struck the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain with various drones, targeting communication antennas and radar facilities of the fleet's Patriot system. According to an OSINT account cited in the claim, images confirm that Iranian drones hit a US early warning radar site on Jabal ad Dukhan, Bahrain. The report comes from a single source and has not been independently confirmed.
Earlier today, the Zioneer reported (14:05) that unverified footage showed a US radar facility on Mount Jabal al-Dukhan in Bahrain hit by an Iranian drone strike, with a fire visible. Iran's regular army (Artesh), rather than the IRGC, has now claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it targeted the US Fifth Fleet's communication antennas and the radar facilities of its Patriot system. This bulletin thereby supplements the earlier update: the actor is now named, though the claim remains from a single source. The Artesh statement is a notable development as Iran's regular military has played a secondary role in the exchanges so far, which have been primarily conducted by the IRGC. US officials have not yet commented on this specific Artesh claim; earlier today the Pentagon denied an IRGC claim of striking the Fifth Fleet headquarters.
4 developments
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Source and signal
- Internal intake